country, & though soe wondrous high, yet there on the top thereof wee produc'd our travelling Plate, & borrowed a cup of refreshing health, from a sweete and most pleasant spring.

"Against this place, and not farre off on our left hand, wee left the Bishops stately house & Parke [Aukland], sweetely situated upon the river, where he so lately entertain'd so royally his Matie in his progresse.

"Within 2 mile of Durham, wee cross'd the river Were (wch takes its head with 3 hopping Rivers [Burdop, Wellhop, and Kellhop] to make her swift) over a fayre long arch'd Bridge, to wch was a descent neere a mile: & from thence we clim'd & descended nothing but steep rocky Hills to the Citty, wch caus'd us to be benighted, but wee happily lighted on an honest Gentleman who was pleas'd to be our Pilot, through these rugged darke wayes, to our Inn, the Lion, where our Host, an honest Trout, caus'd us to be carefully attended by his she-attendants, for wch good usage we gave many thankes to the courteous Gentleman our Guide.

"After our Citty rest, wee did not walke far in the morning to take a full & perfect view & survey of the Towne, (governed by a Mayor, & 12 Aldermen & a Recorder) but to the Cathedrall, wch was neere our Inn, plac'd on the top & hart of the Citty, wch stands all on a Rocke, on a Hill in a Dale; for enter the same wch way you will, you must descend, & very steepily, neere upon a mile togeather, yet the Minster, the Bishops Castle, & the Hart of the Citty stands on a hill; (She is inviron'd, & nigh girt round by the River Were,) wch was made to build the Castle, Minster, & other fayre structures that were erected about 600 yeeres since, & she hath some streets that run out long wayes, wch makes her like a Crab.

"The Colledge is onely walled about, wch place is the prime and principall of this Citty, for therein stands (besides that stately, large, faire ffabricke of 200 paces long & 300 stayres high) the Bishops prince-like Castle, built by Wm. Conquer" wth his regall Courts of Judicature, Exchequer, Chancery, Court of Pleas, &c. the large brave Deanery, wth the Prebends Chancellors, & Church-mens houses and buildings.

"After we entred that famous Minster we found some living benefactors there, that had disburs'd great Summes to adorne this goodly & stately faire Church; first a ffont not to be paralel'd in our land, it is 8 Square, wth an Iron grate rays'd 2 yardes every Square, wth in is a fayre ascent of diverse steps, the

cover opens like a foure quarter'd Globe, the stone is of branch'd Marble, & the Story is that of St. John baptizing our blessed Savior, and ye foure Euangelists curiously done, & richly painted, wth in the Globe all about so artificially wrought & carv'd with such variety of Joyners work as makes all the beholders thereof to admire: a rare and rich Clocke & Diall, wth severall Globes, whereby to know the age of the Moone, the day of the Moneth, the Moneth of the yeare, &c: a fayre & rich Comunion Table, (wch cost £200) standing att the high Altar of blacke branch'd Marble, supported wth 6 fayre Columes of Touchstone, all built at the charge of Dr. Hunt, the Reverend Deane: and to adorne it, 2 double gilt Candlestickes, and a Bason, 2 double gilt fayre flaggons, 2 Chalices wth Covers likewise double-gilt, all wh rich Plate were given to this Church by some religious Church◄ mans bounty.

"The Monuments were many, & these, remarkable among the rest, I cannot omit. Beyond the high Altar the Shrine of that greatly adored Saint, Cuthbert, whose story alone would be a voluminous worke, therefore I shall forbeare. Certes, he was a holy man, of excellent giftes & vertues, & one that brought great Priviledges & Royalties to this Palatinate: & by his meanes, many Princes of this Kingdom gave ample and great revenues and large possessions to this Church & to this Saints Shrine, in times past, much People resorted and offer'd great gifts, for their happy Successe both at Sea and Land.

Neere to the Minster is Bough Church, where (as they say) the Corps of S' Cuthbert was plac'd in a Church built wth Boughes till he was heere interr'd.

"At the other end of this Cathedrall, in the Galliley or Lady Chappell (wherein the Bps. Chancellor, &c. sitts in the High Comission Court) is another memorable Saint interr'd, viz. the marble Tombe of Venerable S' Bede, borne [died] at the Abbey of Jarro, neere the river of Tyne, An° 734. A religious & learned man, whose worth & liberality to this Church came little short of S' Cuthberts.

Bp. Beamont's Tombe who was of the blood Royall of Ffrance. Bp. Skirlaw's faire Grave-stone, neere the high Altar, 16 foot long, with the Apostles, St Cuthbert, & St Oswold, curiously engraven thereon.

Two stately old Monum's of the Nevills, sometimes Earles of

Westmorland. One of them fought the battell att Nevills Crosse, & tooke the King of Scotland prisoner, who was the first Leyman that ever was buried in the Church.

"Then wee were caryed into the Chapter-House, where most of the ancient Bishops lye interr'd: The fayre Library, cheifely consisting of ancient Manuscripts, one especially, the New Testament in Saxon

characters, 1000 yeere old. The Vestry, & therein wee saw diverse fayre Coapes of severall rich workes, of Crimson Satten, imbroder'd with emboss'd worke of Silver, besett all over with Cherubims curiously wrought to life. A black Coap wrought wth Gold, with diverse Images in colours. A High Altar Cloth, of Crimson Velvet, to cov" the Table; an other of Purple Velvet to hang above; and a third of Crimson & Purple, to lay beneath, & 4 other rich Coapes & vestments, and although they cannot show the like Royall gift of Plate as we view'd at Yorke, yet they glory in that rich gift they presented to his Matie in his Progresse, the richest of all their ancient Coapes, wch his Matie graciously accepted, and esteem'd at an high valew.

"Away then wee were call'd to Prayers, where wee were rapt with the sweet sound & richnesse of a fayre Organ, wch cost £1000, and the orderly, devout & melodious Harmony of the Quiristers: There were wee discov'ed by that worthy, grave, generous Deane, I before spoke off, (Dr. Hunt), & no sooner was prayers done, but wee were summon'd by one of his gentile Ambassadors, to take part of a Resident Dinner with him, wch had wee not freely and cheerefully accepted off, wee had lost our selves, & that noble entertainment, such as was fit for neat palated Courtiers, & not for such dusty travelling Soldiers as wee

were.

"The first salute & welcome from this worthy Gentleman was exprest with a double reflect upon us; first, as we were Strangers, but more especially as we were his Countrymen. It pleas'd him to leave all his Guests, Doctors, Prebends, and Citizens of both Sexes, & of both kinds spirituall & layitie, & to condiscend to walke wth us in his Garden, about halfe an houre, till his Gent. Usher, the harbinger of Dinner, come & told him his meat was on the Table: wee wish'd the Cooke had not beene so hasty, or that he had layen longer in bed for his grave discourse was so mild, sweet, & eloquent, as would make a man soe in a trance, as never to be weary of hearing him: The same curteous usage wee had in his Garden, the same wee had at his Board, which neither wanted good Dishes nor Company, for there were of both choice, and plenty.

“After halfe an houres sitting there came a young Scholler, & read a Chapter, during wch time all discourse ceas'd: no sooner was itt ended, but the grave Master of the House begins a Cup of Wine to all his Guests, wth a hearty welcome, weh his gentile Servitors were careful to see every man pledge, to wash downe the fat Venison, sweet Salmon, & other great

cheere this large & sumptuous Table was furnish'd with.

"Thus we spent an houre to refresh our travelling Corps, wth as good meat & drinke, & from as good, as free, & as generous a Gentleman as England affords: Soone after Dinner wee bethought our selves of our Journey, & so agreed to take our leaves of him, but his reply to our requests was to stay still wth him a weeke longer; our cheare, & welcome should be the same we had found: we mildly press'd for his licence to depart, telling him how we had resolv'd, and order'd our Journey. A noble Doctor standing by (in our behalfes wee thanke him) told Mr. Deane that the greatest freedome Strangers could have was to enjoy their Liberties: well, said this grave Orator, since I can no longer enjoy you, I shall wish & pray for a happy & prosperous Journey to attend you, & soe I commit you into the hands of my Jalor, his Gentleman Usher, one of our countrymen standing by."---They then took leave of their hospitable host.

The travellers passing by Bear Park the seat of Dean Hunt & Lumley Castle, descended "the steep rocky hill," to the town of "Gateside" [Gateshead], & crossing the Tyne, "by a fayre stone Bridge of 10 Arches, wth some Towers, to which come the Shipps," they arrived at Newcastle.

"The key," says the Writer, "is fayre, & long, & a strong wall there is betweene it and the Towne, on which we march'd all abreast : On the top of the old Castle, built by Robert D. of Normandy, wee saw all the way downe to Shields some 7 miles distance, where the Seas entrance is, in wch Channell lay not that number of Shipps, Vessells, & Barkes that sometimes doth, for we were inform'd that the River is capable of receiving 2, 3, 4, or 500 sayle at a time, and to ride therein safely at Anchor, wth out damnifying one another.

"The Towne is surrounded wth a strong and fayre built wall, with many Towers thereon. It hath 7 Gates, and is governed by a Mayor, then fat and rich vested in a Sack of Sattin, & 12 Aldermen. The last Mayor, and now Recorder did both endure knighthood in his Maties late Progress. Then did, we take a view of the Market place, the Towne Hall, the neat Crosse, over against wch almost, is a stately, princelike, free-stone Inne, in wch we tasted a cup of good wine, then taking a view of the 4 Churches in the Towne, and breaking our fast in that fayre Inne, we hastned to take Horse; and now are we ready to take our leaves of the Progresse way, having no stomackes for Tweed, nor those Inhabitants."

(To be continued.)

THE annexed representations and following description of the honorary shield of Edward, the Black Prince, (as formerly preserved in Canterbury Cathedral,) and that of his third brother, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, (formerly preserved in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's, London), are derived from a scarce and curious treatise upon heraldry, entitled, "The Elements of Armories. Printed at London, by George Eld. 1610."

The triangular, (or Samnit,) was universallie among us, the ancient fashion of Shields for Men of Armes, but not the onely.

"For assurance whereof, I will delight you with two diverse proportions, the one of an honorary belonging to the most renowned Edward, Prince of Wales; the other (an honorarie also), appertaining to his third brother, King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster.

"The sayd victorious Princis Tombe, is in the goodly Cathedral Church, erected to the honor of Christ, in Canterburie: There, (beside his guilted coat-armour with half sleeves, Taberd fashion, and his triangular Shield, both of them painted with the royall Armories of our Kings, and differenced with silver labells), hangs this kinde of Pavis, or Targat, curiously, (for those times), embost and painted, the Scucheon in the Cosse being worn out, and the Armes, (which it seemes were the same with his coat-armour,

"The other honorarie Shield is in the most magnificent Temple, dedicated to the memorie of the glorious Apostle, Saint Paul, in London, where it hangs at the sayd Duke's Moniment, (John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster), and is farre different from the first.

"In the curious neere view, and handling whereof, as I took singular delight, so was it worthy no lesse diligence, and therefore I will heere showe you both the figure and fabrick.

"It is very convex toward the bearer, whether by warping through age, or as made of purpose. It hath in dimensions more than three quarters of a yeard of length, and above half a yearde in breadth: next to the body is a canvass, glewd to a boord, upon that thin boord are broad thin axicles, slices, or plates of horne, naild fast, and againe over them, twenty and sixe thick peeces of the like, all meeting, or centring about a round plate of the same, in the navell of the Shield, and over all is a leather clozed fast to them with glew, or other holdinge stuffe, uppon which his Armories were painted, but now they, with the leather itself, have very lately and very lewdly bin utterly spoil'd,"